2 Families Fought Hospitals to Allow Alternative COVID Treatments; Now, Their Loved Ones Have Died

(L–R) Linda and Stephen Judge with Stephen's daughter, Caitlin, and her husband, Jeff, at their 2016 wedding. Courtesy of Caitlin Judge Treister

Two men on ventilators—one in Florida and one in Arizona—died within 24 hours of each other, even as their families were still fighting with hospitals for the chance to try alternative treatments.

After all treatments offered by the hospitals failed, both families begged to try ivermectin and other alternative treatments for COVID-19, as outlined in a protocol by the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance.